John Reeve

Dr John Reeve serves as a Visiting Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. He received his BA (Honours) and MA from the University of Melbourne and his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Reeve taught for thirty years across the University of Hong Kong, the University of Sydney, and UNSW Canberra, where he was Senior Lecturer and Osborne Fellow in Naval History from 1997 to 2017. Following retirement, he was appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer in 2018. His academic appointments include Visiting Fellowships at Clare Hall, Cambridge University in 1996, and at Wolfson College, Cambridge University in 2010 and 2014-15. Reeve holds fellowships as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Reeve's research focuses on diplomatic, naval, and strategic history, alongside contemporary maritime strategic affairs. He has authored or co-edited five books, notably Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule (Cambridge University Press, 1989), The Face of Naval Battle: The Human Experience of Modern War at Sea, co-edited with David Stevens (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2003), Sea Power Ashore and in the Air, co-edited with David Stevens (2007), The Navy and the Nation: The Influence of the Navy on Modern Australia, co-edited with David Stevens (2005), and Southern Trident: Strategy, History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power, co-edited with David Stevens (2001). Additionally, he served as Associate Editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004). Reeve has produced thirty-nine refereed journal articles, book chapters, and working papers, including recent publications such as 'Sir Julian Corbett (1854-1922): His Place Among Maritime Strategists' (2022) and the book chapter 'Naval Politicians or Gentlemanly Technocrats?' (2024). His ongoing projects include a volume of essays on naval history and maritime strategy and a monograph entitled England's Rise to Power: Diplomacy and Warfare 1600-1700. Through his extensive body of work, Reeve has significantly influenced scholarship in naval and strategic history.

Professional Email: j.reeve@adfa.edu.au